MILAN HERICH
Born in Slovakia, Milan began his dance training in the Slovakian traditional children’s dance company Dumbier, and went on to graduate from the Banska Bystrica Dance Conservatory.
In 2002, he continued his dance education at the renowned school P.A.R.T.S under the direction of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, in Brussels.
Milan worked with different choreographers and companies including Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus in the creations Puur (2005) and Booting Looting(2013). He also worked with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to create the show,Myth (2007).
For more than 19 years, he has been in continuous collaboration with David Zambrano as an assistant in classes and workshops and as an interpreter in the works: 12 flies went out at noon, 3 flies went out at noon, Rabbit project, Soul Projectand Holes.
Milan Herich is co-founder of Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, creating the works Opening Night(2007) Journey Home(2009) The concert, live concert of traditional music and singing(2010) and their last show, Fragments.
In 2013, he also collaborated with the choreographer Anton Lachky on the creations Mind Gapand Side Effects.
Milan created together with David ZambranoA Solo for Mr. Folk, which was performed across Europe and Latin America.
He also has experience coaching and choreographing in works of renowned circus company Rasposo, (Morsure(2014), La Dévorée(2017
In end of 2018 he directed and choreographed a full evening performance together with Petr Forman Turn over a new leaffor the circus school, ESAC, in Brussels.
Workshop
This workshop focuses mainly on the dancer’s relationship with the floor. The class utilizes simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the body in order to activate the relationship between the center and the joints, moving in and out of the ground more efficiently by maintaining a centered state. There is a focus on the skeletal structure that will help improve the dancers physical perception and alertness. The class includes partnering work and movement phrases, which explore the primary laws of physics: cohesion and expansion.
The class begins in stillness and students are asked to read their body in a standing position. They are urged to connect their entire body with the environment: the air, floor, and the energy of others, forming an interconnection by just standing. When you are standing, the whole room is standing. This stillness jumps to running and passing through each other, running forward backward and around creating a dance web. The highways of the room are warming up. When you are moving, the whole room is moving.
